We have recently returned from France where we had a small issue with our gas supply. We use a FloGas 6Kg Net Propane bottle that ran out quite early on. Luckily we also carry a smaller 3Kg Net propane FloGas bottle as a backup.

Easy I thought, just pop along to the nearest supplier and buy a replacement bottle which we can keep at home during the winter and use when we next travel to France.

That didn't work out as the smallest size Propane bottle I could find was 13 kg Net and bigger in diameter than I thought the locker would hold.

So my question is, what size gas tanks do Eriba owners on the continent use? Is it the bigger 13 Kg Net bottle, which I could have bought, or did I miss finding a supplier that stocked the smaller 6 Kg Net bottle we normally use in the UK?

I went to my local FloGas depot today to exchange the empty bottle and was told they are no longer selling to new clients as they have run low on gas bottles and are backed up refurbishing their stock. They will only exchange empty bottles for existing clients. My depot in Avonmouth only had 3 x 6 Kg Propane bottles in stock.

Clearly, FloGas are doing well out of the Calor Gas chaos!

Alan

I'm still looking for my replacement Primagaz and although the brand does appear on garage and supermarket forcourts in France, the bottles are a difffernet size - that large 'domestic' ones as Alan found then the dumpy 'Twinny' variety. So I'm still looking for my replacement.. I'm guessing Holland will be the ony place..

I was more puzzled by not being able to find the smaller 6 Kg Propane bottles in southern Brittany.
It hadn't occurred to me that we may have needed a local address though.

I have a 'Belt and Braces' mindset so we also had the smaller Propane 3 Kg tank for making tea and a Cobb on board. So all was well.

Alan